Monday, April 01, 2024 - 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2024
Introduction to the 2024 Festival
A Conversation with the Curators: Guy Borlee (Cineteca di Bologna), Amy Boylan (UNH) and Nicole Gercke (UNH)
1PM, Conant Hall 113
Guy, Amy, and Nicole present the current lineup, talk about the philosophy and mission of Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna and of the traveling 'on Tour' editions, give some behind-the-scenes insights into festival organization, and respond to questions from the public.
Daughters of the Dust
4PM -Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Julie Dash USA 1991 112 minlanguage: English, Gullah with English subtitles **Introduction by Anna Wainwright (UNH)
At the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off of South Carolina struggle to maintain their cultural heritage and folklore while contemplating a migration to the mainland, even further from their roots. The first wide release by a black female filmmaker, the film was met with wild critical acclaim and rapturous audience response when it initially opened in 1991. Casting a long legacy, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST still resonates today, most recently as a major in influence on Beyonces video album Lemonade. Restored (in conjunction with UCLA) for the first time with proper color grading overseen by cinematographer AJ Jafa, audiences will finally see the film exactly as Julie Dash intended.
https://kinolorber.com/product/daughters-of-the-dust-blu-ray
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdMxR2M_ddM
Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves)
7PM -Memorial Union Building, Theater 2
Vittorio de Sica 1948 Italy 90 minlanguage: Italian with English subtitles **Introduction by Anna Rockwell (UNH)
??Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Awardwinning Bicycle Thieves, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema. In poverty-stricken postwar Rome, a man is on his first day of a new job that offers hope of salvation for his desperate family when his bicycle, which he needs for his work, is stolen. With his young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief. Simple in construction and profoundly rich in human insight, Bicycle Thieves embodies the greatest strengths of the Italian neorealist movement: emotional clarity, social rectitude, and brutal honesty.?
https://www.janusfilms.com/films/1026
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2P4xo9kmPM
